The potter wasps of the Maltese Islands (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) [PDF]
Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 2022 The eumenine fauna of the Maltese Islands is reviewed and 17 species are asserted as occurring in the mentioned territory. Of these, Parodontodynerus ephippium and Stenodynerus fastidiosissimus are recorded for the first time from the Maltese archipelago.
Thomas Cassar, David Mifsud, Marco Selis
doaj +5 more sources
Potter Wasps of Florida, Eumenes spp. (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae)
EDIS, 2007 EENY-403, a 3-page fact sheet by E. E. Grissell, is part of the Featured Creatures Collection. It describes this wasp which make the familiar jug-like nests found around the home, its distribution, identification, biology, and economic importance ...
E. E. Grissell
doaj +8 more sources
Potter wasps of the genus Labus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from Vietnam, with description of two new species [PDF]
Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 2020 Taxonomy of the potter wasps of the genus Labus from Vietnam is reviewed, with six species recorded. Of them, one species previously identified as L. clypeatus van der Vecht, 1935 is described as new, namely L. angulus, sp. nov.
Lien Thi Phuong Nguyen +1 more
doaj +4 more sources
Nesting of the keyhole wasp Pachodynerus nasidens (Latreille, 1812) (Vespidae, Eumeninae) in a nest of a paper wasp (Vespidae, Polistinae) [PDF]
Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 2022 Potter wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) adopt different substrates for nesting, including other wasp nests. Nevertheless, such behavior rarely occurs with abandoned nests of the paper wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae).
Gabriel de Castro Jacques +4 more
doaj +3 more sources
Taxonomy of the genus Epsilon from China, with a new species and an updated key to the Oriental species (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2020 A new species of potter wasps, Epsilon similimanasicum sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Zhejiang, China. The holotype specimen of Epsilon subfistulosum (Wickwar, 1908) was examined and based on the characters of the type specimen, it is ...
Xue Zhang, Bin Chen, Ting-Jing Li
doaj +3 more sources
Prospects of herbivore egg-killing plant defenses for sustainable crop protection [PDF]
, 2016 Due to a growing demand of food production worldwide, new strategies are suggested to allow for sustainable production of food with minimal effects on natural resources.
COLAZZA, Stefano +3 more
core +28 more sources
Entomological Communications, 2020 With the goal of knowing the vespid fauna of the region, weekly samplings were carried out in the Estação Ambiental de Peti, São Gonçalo do Rio Abaixo, Minas Gerais, Brazil. This reserve is inside the Espinhaço Range and is marked by an ecotone formation
Rogério B. Lopes
doaj +1 more source
Journal of Pollination Ecology, 2022 Insect pollinators are suffering global declines, necessitating the evaluation and development of methods for long-term monitoring and applied field research.
Simon Hodge +4 more
doaj +1 more source
The Potential of Arable Weeds to Reverse Invertebrate Declines and Associated Ecosystem Services in Cereal Crops [PDF]
, 2020 There is global concern that invertebrate populations are declining rapidly, particularly in agricultural habitats. Declines have been attributed to the intensification of farming systems, with many studies focussing on a lack of semi-natural habitat in ...
Aebischer, Nicholas J. +5 more
core +1 more source
A key to the Australian genera of Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)
Records of the Australian Museum, 2021 An illustrated identification key to the genera of potter wasps occurring in Australia is presented. Hitherto there has been no published key to these genera, making routine identification impossible, and allowing taxonomic study of these wasps to be ...
James M. Carpenter, Graham R. Brown
doaj +1 more source